| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63303 |
| QUOTATION: | The oaks, how subtle and marine! Bearded, and all the layered light Above them swims; and thus the scene, Recessed, awaits the positive night. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Robert Penn Warren (19051989), U.S. poet. Bearded Oaks (l. 14). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert OClair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
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